By Lucy Mwangi
- The Star headline, “Raila, Kalonzo, Mudavadi talk of Nasa revival”, has been termed as misleading. The newspaper reported that on Thursday, June 24, during the requiem mass for former Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo, ODM leader Raila Odinga said Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi, Moses Wetang’ula and himself needed to work together to move the country forward. The next day on June 25, ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi called out The Star newspaper, saying the headline was contrary to what they discussed. He castigated the newspaper for allegedly publishing a misleading headline.
2. This tweet claiming to show a video of a Safari Rally car in Kenya knocking down a motorcyclist is fake. The tweet posted by a netizen shows the geographical location is not Kenya. During the WRC Safari Rally championship in Kenya several accidents were reported but not as reflected in the video below. A Google reverse image search by The Observer found that the image used in the claim was first posted in an article published on Rio Negro featuring the video in August 2019 during the Vuelta de la Manzana rally. The article describes this as tragedy that happened when a car participating in the competition rammed a motorcyclist and his companion who had entered one of the rural roads.
3. A Facebook post shared by Jaka Baba purporting to show the photo of Deputy President William Ruto being erased from a wall at State House is fake. A Google reverse image search shows the photo of an artist uploaded on Flickr by Philippa Willitts painting graffiti on a wall in London on June 11, 2008 and not at State House, Nairobi. The photo has never existed on the State House walls.
